TROUT & KING Fishing Tours

Your Travel Agency for Fishing in Japan

Japanese Taimen, "ITO" fishing in Hokkaido

The Native and Wild fish, Japanese Taimen / Huchen is one of the target for you. They grow big, you have a chance for over 1m taimen. We introduce you 2 areas, the largest lake in Hokkado, SHUMARINAI LAKE near Asahikawa and the river flowing in untouched nature, SARUFUTSU RIVER near Wakkanai. So, you cannot try this target by one day fishing from Sapporo. We suggest you have at least three days for this fishing.

Taimen will chace bait fish aggressively after spawning at upper river during mid. May to late June. It is the one of the best season for fishing. Another best season is in October. They will bite aggressively again to prepared for tough and long winter. Shumarinai Lake is a beautiful lake surrounded by untouched nature and not easy to access most of the shore. There are brown bears in the forest and most important things to catch Taimen will be selecting the spot. Our guide will help you.

Upper and middle Sarufutsu River is meandered through the wild and lower part of the river is wide and flows slowly and has reeds in both side. The important things of this river will be sellecting fishing spot by tide, wind, etc... Of course, our guide is also expert for it.


Japanese Taimen Fishing

3 Days Sample Plan for Sarufutsu River

  • Day 1
  • Fly from Tokyo to Wakkanai
  • a half day fishing at Sarufutsu River
  • Guided fishing
  • stay at Sarufutsu
  • Day 2
  • fishing at Sarufutsu River
  • stay at Sarufutsu
  • Day 3
  • fishing at Sarufutsu River
  • Fly back to Tokyo in after noon
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3 Days Sample Plan for Shumarinai Lake

  • Day 1
  • Fly from Tokyo to Asahikawa
  • a half day fishing at Shumarinai Lake
  • Guided fishing
  • stay at Shumarinai
  • Day 2
  • fishing at Shumarinai Lake
  • stay at Shumarinai
  • Day 3
  • fishing at Shumarinai Lake
  • Fly back to Tokyo in after noon
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  • We can arrange flights and accommodation for you. Our guide will pick you up at your accommodation.
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    Please contact us at least a week before your fishing day to arrange the best guide for you! English speaking guides are very limited in Japan!